I Don't Spend A Lot Of Time

Becoming Interested In Poetics Got Me Interested In Theater. Theater Is Supposed To Be Poetry, You Know, Before It's Anything Else. It Just Doesn't Fly If It Isn't Musical.

Back Then, The Business Depended On Bohemians. ... They Needed Kristofferson And Roger Miller ..it Was The Tail End Of Something...the Last Tin Pan Alley. ...and We Were The Night Shift! They Gave Us Keys, Because They Knew The Best Songs Weren't Written In Daylight.... We Got Our Keys Taken Away Several Times...me And Guy Clark.

When I Write Something Simple I'm Always Really Proud Of It. When You Write Something That Simple With That Much Air In It And The Whole Premise Behind It Is Something Pretty Obvious - That Everybody Wants To Be Happy And Free - The Song Is Sort Of An Exercise In Not Forgetting That's What You Really Want And What You Really Need. We Can Get Caught Up In A Lot Of Other Stuff.

Songwriters Are Expanding Time Rather Than Compressing Time. My Short Stories Tend To Be Old Fashioned, With A Beginning, Middle And End.

I'm Used To Writing Stories With A Beginning A Middle And An End In Four Minutes.